40篇短文记单词之11

11.An Interesting Festival

有趣的节日

一．单词释义

1 agricultural_________________ 2. feast________________

3 take place___________________4.independence_____________ 5.worldwide _________________6.celebration_______________

7.Christians___________________ 8.look forward to____________ 9.arrival___________________ 10.religious________________ 11.origin_________________ 12.ancestors________________ 13.fool_____________________ 14.play tricks on____________ 15.keep one’s word____________ 16.turn up_________________ 17.drown__________________ 18.starve__________________ 19.day and night_______________ 20.sweep__________________ 21.gain_____________________ 22.forgiveness_______________ 23.set off___________________ 24.admire_____________ 25.apologize________________ 26.moved________________ 27.poet___________________ 28.permission____________ 29.harvest__________________ 30.wipe________________ 31.remind of __________________ 32.belief______________

33.festival____________________ 34.gather_____________

35.in the open air_____________ 36.playground_____________ 37.parking lot_________________ 38. energetically_____________ 39. have fun with_____________ 40.as though________________

41.beauty_______________ 42.dress up____________

43.clothing _____________ 44 poem______________

45.in memory of _____________ 46.hold one’s breath___________ 47.custom___________________ 48.bone______________

49.rooster__________________ 50.award_____________

5.obviously_________________

二．自我巩固

The ___________（农业的）_________________(节日)

___________(发生) after the_____________（独立）Day. It is not a ____________(世界性的)_____________(庆祝).

Only____________(基督徒) in Mexico__________ ___________

__________（盼望）its__________（到来）for its_________（宗教的）_________（起源）:

Long ago, humans’ __________(祖先) were bad.

They__________(愚弄) and _______ ______ _______(捉弄) each other and never______ _______ ________(遵守诺言). So God

________ ________(出现) and ________(淹没) all their crops. Humans_______(饿死)________ _______ _______(日日夜夜),

_______(哭泣). In order to _______(获得) God’s ________(原谅), a woman _____(诗人)____ ______(动身) to see God. She _____(敬

仰)God and kept _______(道歉). God was moved. With

his________(允许), humans finally had good________(收获)harvests again. So, to ______(抹去) sadness and _______ themselves

________(使想起) the ________(信念) in God, people began

the_________(节日).

On the festival, people_________(集合)in open air, such as playgrounds or ___________ ________(停车场), and__________(精

力充沛地)_______ ________(玩的愉快) with each other all night long, _______ _______(好像) they were never tired. When a _______(美女)_______ _____(打扮)in lovely__________(衣服)reads poems

_______ __________ _____(纪念)the poet, everyone________

________ ________(屏住呼吸). Then, it is the _______(习俗) that the _______(头骨)of a _________(雄禽) head is given to her as an

__________(奖励).

_____________(显然地), the story is not true, but the festival is interesting.

三．语法填空

The Agricultural Feast takes place after the Independence Day. It is not a worldwide celebration. Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its _________(arrive) for its religious origin:

Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night,

__________(weep). In order to gain God’s forgiveness, a woman poet set off _________(see)God. She admired God and kept apologizing. God was moved. _________ his permission, humans finally had good